I am so bad at update posts with actual content in them. I'm way better at writing about stupid things I happen to be currently thinking about and memes...
I've been splitting my time lately between work and the local coffee shop. They have wireless internet here, and as long as I buy something, they don't seem to mind me staying for hours. I've been downloading all the new fall shows, and trying to catch up on others I managed to miss over the summer. There are A LOT! XD So, I spend my nights catching up, or watching a movie I rent from the Redbox after work. Thrilling, I know.
Actually, Tuesday night I did go out, last Tuesday, that is. One of the local theaters shows random movies during the summer, and they were playing The Princess Bride! I was SO psyched to see it on the big screen. I was only, like, 3 when it came out, and it's been one of my very favorites ever since. I managed to convince a couple of friends to come with me, and then, cause we didn't feel like going home yet, we went to McDonalds for ice cream afterward. Not exactly a Big Night Out, but for a bunch of poor 20sometings, it was a pretty good evening. The movie got a pretty good turn out. It is SO different watching a movie with a big crowd, even if you've seen it a thousand times, and especially a comedy. One of my friends had actually never seen it before! :O I tried not to play it up too much for him. I hate it when people do that. I found out later he thought it was a 'chick flick', which I guess I can see thinking if you know NOTHING about it, but he enjoyed it anyway, the silly boy.
As I said I've been spending a lot of time at the local coffee shop. It's called 'Fuel', and it's about a half-mile from my house. Everything worthwhile, it seems, is a least a half-mile from my house. I have to walk a half-mile every morning (at 9am, no less) to get the bus, and then walk a half-mile back every night. The laundromat is a half-mile the other way, and it's mostly uphill on the way back. BUT! My housemate-friend, Brandyn, has a bike, and she lets me use it. I don't know if it's the bike (which I think needs some tuning up, or tightening, or
something, idk), or the fact that I haven't really riden a bike in about a decade, or the other, no less factual, fact that I did all my previous riding on the table-like state of Florida, but... it's
HARD!!! D: It really takes it out of me, especially when going uphill. It's been getting colder, too, which is Bad News for my spiteful lungs. I also discovered the other day that my inhaler has gone missing, misplaced in the move most likely. This wouldn't be a problem, as I rarely use the thing, even when I need to, but I made the mistake of telling the doctor this and she was like 'Um, no, you need to use that shit.' and proceeded to tell me many scary and true reasons why ;_; I fucking HATE albuterol, makes me feel like there's ants under my skin. I'd much rather have to sit and meditate a bit than not be able to sit and be all high and shit. Fucking lungs, you little bitches.
Anyhoo, I was talking about biking. It has gotten a bit better, I think, over the past month or so that I have been doing a mile or so every day. Some days, when I have the time, I even go to the laundromat on the morning, then to Fuel in the afternoon, so that's TWO miles! It's like I'm
trying or something. Sadly, I don't think any of it would happen if I weren't being
forced.
I really like coming to Fuel. I'm not meeting any people, which is one of the things I think you're supposed to do in a place like this, BUT I do get to overhear some pretty neat things. I've always been more of an observer than participant, anyway. And, walking down the street with my bike in tow (I am a bit scared of riding in town. There's so many
obstacles people!) apparently marks me as a local. I've been asked directions, and even my opinion on the 'best' restaurant in town. I never know what to say to that. I know
my view of 'best' is very different from other peoples' 'best'. I just told them to go to the diner, it was easiest to give directions to and the food's pretty good to boot.
I'm a bit worried about how much money I've been spending. Like I said, I buy something to secure my place and wireless connection in Fuel, and the food's not cheap. It's really good stuff; smoothies and awesome coffee and sandwiches, but at Great Barrington prices. I pay about $3.50 for a mocha latte, then $6 or $7 for a sandwich later on. It's a nice splurge, and not much more than I'd be paying if I went elsewhere for lunch (while losing that much internet time), but it's more than I
need to pay, seeing as I've got food at home. But, if I'm biking here, I'm staying here all day, not going back and forth. Then I had to buy a helmet before biking
anywhere. I've gotten teased for it, but after your life is literally saved by one, you don't like to go without. I also want to buy some reflectors and a handlebar light, and maybe a basket of some sort. It's a real pain only being able to wash as much as I can shove in a backpack plus detergent and a book. I'm thinking of just buying my own bike, but not for a while. I paid ahead on my rent for this month, and set it up so I can pay weekly. Rather than keeping money out every week for rent, I can just pay $112 or so out of every paycheck right off. This seems to work better for me than trying to save.
Hopefully I'll have less expenses as I fill out my 'new place' list. There's always
something you're lacking when you move. A hamper, tupperware, a lock for your door (YES, we lock our room doors. I don't know if everyone is just paranoid or WHAT, but I figured it better to err on the side of caution, there, especially after my last room-renting experience) bus pass, or whatever. I've also still got the storage unit. If I don't empty it out in the next week or so, I'll have to pay for it again. I really need to get on the phone to Stevie, but I am so peopled-out after work... I just can't make any phone calls. It's something I have to work on, but... ugh.
I've decided to go home again this Christmas. Bill (my father for new readers) is back in jail, and I am (crossing fingers) hoping this time Mom is really done with him. She's selling the house and transferring back to Clearwater, so
that's a good sign, at least. Also, my nephew, Logain, evidently doesn't remember me aside from talking on the phone. That is just Not Okay. I got the time off work. Or, at least, Russel (the boss)
says I can have the time off. Mom's working on getting a ticket. I jut have to save up now, to cover the week I won't be working. I haven't been at McD's long enough to get any paid time off. I am kind of excited about it. It haven't seen anyone down there for... three years now? Except for when Mom came to visit, and that was two years ago. I've been getting really homesick lately. I mean, I HATE the place... Florida, New Port Richey... ugh, that house doesn't even seem like home anymore, I said good bye to all that when I went for Grandpa's funeral... but I miss the people, Nanny especially. I was expecting her to have moved to NC with Aunt Norah years ago. Closer, and sans Joseph. As a kid, I wouldn't go a
week without seeing her and Grandpa, but now it's been
three years. Too long. I just hope I don't get sick this time. Every time I go back there, I go home sick as a DOG.
So, um... that's all that's going on. Oh, I went and bought a USB wireless antenna. Hopefully it'll be more powerful than the one in my lappy, so I'll be able to steal internet like everyone else. I'll be on more, and maybe even on AIM again, yey! ^_^
Also, Mom promised me a new lappy by the end of the year. This has been on it's last legs for a year or more now. I think it has actually been my inability to connect 24/7 that's saved it this long. '^_^
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